2008
Remotely-Sensed Vegetation Indices Identify Mosquito Clusters of West Nile Virus Vectors in an Urban Landscape in the Northeastern United States
Brown H, Diuk-Wasser M, Andreadis T, Fish D. Remotely-Sensed Vegetation Indices Identify Mosquito Clusters of West Nile Virus Vectors in an Urban Landscape in the Northeastern United States. Vector-Borne And Zoonotic Diseases 2008, 8: 197-206. PMID: 18452400, DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2007.0154.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVegetation indexWest Nile virus vectorsUrban landscapeEnvironmental variablesVector-competent mosquito speciesNortheastern United StatesHabitat differencesMosquito-borne disease controlMosquito habitatsWest Nile virus transmissionLandscapePopulated urban environmentsUrban environmentMosquito speciesUrban areasAdult mosquitoesCanonical correlation analysisHabitatsCorrelation analysisImportant implicationsSitesCompetent vectorsSignificant relationshipSpeciesMosquitoes
1999
Comparative Vector Competence of Dermacentor variabilis and Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) for the Agent of Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis
Vignes F, Levin M, Fish D. Comparative Vector Competence of Dermacentor variabilis and Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) for the Agent of Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis. Journal Of Medical Entomology 1999, 36: 182-185. PMID: 10083755, DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.2.182.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAgent of HGEHuman granulocytic ehrlichiosisPolymerase chain reactionD. variabilis nymphsGranulocytic ehrlichiosisI. scapularis nymphsEvidence of transmissionVector competenceScapularis nymphsI. scapularisLeucopus miceD. variabilis larvaeMiceDermacentor variabilisComparative vector competenceRepletionChain reactionCompetent vectorsD. variabilisWhite-footed miceTrialsEhrlichiosisAgentsIxodes scapularisIxodes scapularis Say